Air defense forces shot down 13 enemy drones at night

Air defense forces shot down 13 enemy drones at night

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On the night of July 20, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down 13 enemy drones. Russia attacked 5 regions of Ukraine using ballistic and cruise missiles and drones.

13 Russian drones were shot down by the Air Force on the night of Saturday, July 20. This was reported by the commander of the Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports.

Details

According to the information, on the night of July 20, the enemy struck:

  • three Iskander-M ground-launched ballistic missiles (Voronezh region - Russian Federation), 
  • one “Iskander-K” cruise missile, 
  • 16 attack UAVs of the “Shahed” type (Kursk region - Russia),
  • used one UAV of an unidentified type.

Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions were attacked.

As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces' mobile firing groups, anti-aircraft missile troops and electronic warfare of the Air Force shot down 13 air targets:

- 12 Shahed 131/136 strike UAVs;

- 1 UAV of unspecified type.

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